I can't seem to upload certain pictures from an album onto premiere elements to make a movie, it is coming up with an error saying this type of file is not supported or the required codec is not installed. all the pictures are from the same source and some upload and others (the majority) don't.

Can anyone help me - I am a photoshop virgin and am learning very slowly!

Thank you - the photo's are all jpegs, I changed them from PSD files because I thought that might be the problem because some of them have been edited, and they also have text on them. I havent checked the size - they could be too big. Not sure how to re-size them but will have a look at your tutorial now. Thank you

I would like to ask for some clarification after you have concluded your line of discussion with SG.

a. What version of Photoshop Elements, Elements Organizer, and Premiere Elements are you using? Do you use Photoshop for your photo edits?

b. You mentioned trying to get photos from an album into Premiere Elements. Is that "album" an album that is created in the Elements Organizer where ordering of photos is possible?

c. Where did you edit your photos, in Photoshop Elements or some version of Photoshop? If Photoshop, what color profile did you use for the .jpg? Was it CMYK? If Photoshop, check the photo in the Image Menu/Mode to see if RGB or CMYK is set for the photo. The CMYK jpg will import into the Elements Organizer, but not into Premiere Elements because of that color profile.

Along with the comments on the Color Mode of the files, also insure that they are in 8-Bit Color Depth, so that you have RGB 8-Bit.

Plus, in Photoshop, one has the ability to create (Save_As) a Progressive JPEG. Do not use that. It is for providing an increasingly higher-quality display on the Web, incrementally, and this can cause issues with Still Images used in Video.

We do not know yet whether Photoshop is involved here. But, if it is and you caution about a save for "progressive JPEG", should it not be included that the progressive JPEG save is available in Photoshop File Menu/Save For Web, not File Menu/Save As?

As an aside, the "progressive JPEG" (RGB 8-Bit) does not have any problems importing into Elements Organizer or Premiere Elements.

I will not continue this line of discussion until the SG and user discussions are concluded and if the user says that Photoshop is involved.

One can find the Progressive JPEG in two places: Save_As and Save_For_Web. Here is the dialog from the Save_As:

As for Progressive JPEG's, I have seen many instances, where they will not Import, or where, if they do, they cause display issues. That is why I recommend not using them, but choosing either Baseline Standard, or Baseline Optimized.

I was using photoshop elements - trying to make a movie with premier to send to my husband in Afghanistan. I had made an album, with various photo's from our recent wedding and put messages on the pictures. When I tried to upload them, some of them loaded fine but then others came up with the error. I resized them and was then able to upload them. The progressive JPEG post was helpful in terms of what to save it as.

However, once I uploaded the pictures, put in audio etc the quality of the picture and text were not very good. Compared to the slide show I saw on elements organiser it was grainy and couldnt read the text very well. I saved it as a file and then emailed it to myself, and it didnt come up as just a file to watch but with all the editing tools etc. Didnt have a clue what to do then so will have to refer to some tutorials now. Hope I can get it sorted before Valentines day!

This is the first time i've used both applications so I have a lot of learning to do.